Culture & History

On Black Friday in 2011, a woman used pepper spray on other shoppers at an LA Walmart to get herself a half-priced Xbox.

In 2009, K-Mart became the first store to start the trend of Gray Thursday by opening their stores on Thanksgiving Day.

Did you know that due to its increasing usage, the word “turducken” was officially added to the dictionary in 2014?

The first TV commercial aired during a baseball game on July 1, 1941. It lasted just 10 seconds and cost the company under $10.

One of Walmart's largest purchases was by Shaquille O'Neal, totaling $70,000. It was initially declined as a suspicious purchase.

In August 2013, Amazon services went offline for about 40 minutes. It's estimated this cost the company $4.8 million in losses.

During the First World War, American schools banned the teaching of German as it was seen as the enemy's language.

Did you know that Barack Obama wasn't just the first Black US President, but the one of the youngest to serve in the Oval Office?

Did you know that in ancient Egypt, people who practiced magic and witchcraft were highly respected members of the community?

The U.S. remains one of only three countries still using the Imperial measurement system, along with Liberia and Myanmar.

Although colleges and universities are similar, they don't offer the same degrees or the same learning environment.

The first video game console played in space was Nintendo’s Game Boy. It was brought up there in 1993 by a Russian cosmonaut.

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